IPL 2026 Retentions: Maxwell, Faf, Russell Among Major Releases as Teams Finalise Squads

The ten Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises have officially locked in their player retention lists ahead of the upcoming IPL 2026 auction. The deadline day saw several high-profile names, including Glenn Maxwell, Faf du Plessis, Andre Russell, David Miller, and Ravi Bishnoi, released by their respective teams.

These players will now enter the mini-auction pool, which is tentatively scheduled to take place in Abu Dhabi on December 16. With squads reshuffled and purses updated, here is a complete breakdown of each team’s status.

Chennai Super Kings (CSK)

• Retained Players: Ruturaj Gaikwad (c), Ayush Mhatre, M.S. Dhoni, Dewald Brevis, Urvil Patel, Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton, Ramakrishna Ghosh, Noor Ahmad, Khaleel Ahmed, Anshul Kamboj, Gurjapneet Singh, Shreyas Gopal, Mukesh Choudhary, Nathan Ellis.
  
• Traded In: Sanju Samson (from RR).
  
• Released Players: Rahul Tripathi, Vansh Bedi, C Andre Siddarth, Rachin Ravindra, Devon Conway, Deepak Hooda, Vijay Shankar, Shaik Rasheed, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Matheesha Pathirana.
  
• Traded Out: Sam Curran (to RR), Ravindra Jadeja (to RR).
  
• Purse Remaining: Rs 43.40 crore.

Mumbai Indians (MI)

• Retained Players: Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Tilak Varma, Ryan Rickleton, Robin Minz, Mitchell Santner, Corbin Bosch, Naman Dhir, Jasprit Bumrah, Trent Boult, Allah Ghafanzar, Ashwani Kumar, Deepak Chahar, Will Jacks.
  
• Traded In: Sherfane Rutherford (from GT), Mayank Markande (from KKR), Shardul Thakur (from LSG).
• Released Players: Satyanarayana Raju, Reece Topley, KL Shrijith, Karn Sharma, Bevon Jacobs, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Lizaad Williams, Vignesh Puthur.
  
• Traded Out: Arjun Tendulkar (to LSG).
  
• Purse Remaining: Rs 2.75 crore.

Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)

• Retained Players: Ajinkya Rahane, Sunil Narine, Rinku Singh, Angkrish Raghuvanshi, Manish Pandey, Varun Chakravarthy, Luvnith Sisodia, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ramandeep Singh, Ankul Roy, Rovman Powell, Harshit Rana, Vaibhav Arora, Chetan Sakariya, Spencer Johnson.
  
• Released Players: Andre Russell, Venkatesh Iyer, Quinton de Kock, Moeen Ali, Anrich Nortje.
  
• Traded Out: Mayank Markande (to MI).
• Purse Remaining: Rs 64.30 crore.

Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB)

• Retained Players: Rajat Patidar (c), Virat Kohli, Devdutt Padikkal, Phil Salt, Jitesh Sharma, Krunal Pandya, Swapnil Singh, Tim David, Romario Shepherd, Jacob Bethell, Josh Hazlewood, Yash Dayal, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Nuwan Thushara, Rasikh Salam, Abhinandan Singh, Suyash Sharma.
  
• Released Players: Swastik Chikara, Mayank Agarwal, Tim Seifert, Liam Livingstone, Manoj Bhandage, Lungi Ngidi, Blessing Muzarabani, Mohit Rathee.
  
• Purse Remaining: Rs 16.40 crore.

Punjab Kings (PBKS)

• Retained Players: Prabhsimran Singh, Priyansh Arya, Shreyas Iyer, Shashank Singh, Nehal Wadhera, Marcus Stoinis, Azmatullah Omarzai, Marco Jansen, Harpreet Brar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh, Musheer Khan, Pyala Avinash, Harnoor Pannu, Suryansh Shedge, Mitchell Owen, Xavier Bartlett, Lockie Ferguson, Vyshak Vijaykumar, Yash Thakur, Vishnu Vinod.
  
• Released Players: Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis, Aaron Hardie, Kuldeep Sen.
  
• Purse Remaining: Rs 11.50 crore.

Gujarat Titans (GT)

• Retained Players: Shubman Gill (c), Sai Sudharsan, Kumar Kushagra, Anuj Rawat, Jos Buttler, Nishant Sindhu, Washington Sundar, Arshad Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Rahul Tewatia, Kagiso Rabada, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna, Ishant Sharma, Gurnoor Singh Brar, Rashid Khan, Manav Suthar, Sai Kishore, Jayant Yadav.
  
• Released Players: Mahipal Lomror, Karim Janat, Dasun Shanaka, Gerald Coetzee, Kulwant Khejroliya.
  
• Traded Out: Sherfane Rutherford (to MI).
  
• Purse Remaining: Rs 12.90 crore.

Rajasthan Royals (RR)

• Retained Players: Shubham Dubey, Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Kunal Rathore, Lhuan-Dre Pretorius, Shimron Hetmyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel, Riyan Parag, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Jofra Archer, Akash Madhwal, Kumar Kartikeya Singh, Tushar Deshpande, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Kwena Maphaka, Ashok Sharma, Nandre Burger.
  
• Traded In: Ravindra Jadeja (from CSK), Sam Curran (from CSK).
  
• Released Players: Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana.
  
• Traded Out: Sanju Samson (to CSK), Nitish Rana (to DC).
  
• Purse Remaining: Rs 16.05 crore.

Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH)

• Retained Players: Pat Cummins (c), Travis Head, Abhishek Sharma, Aniket Verma, R. Smaran, Ishan Kishan, Heinrich Klaasen, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Harsh Dubey, Kamindu Mendis, Harshal Patel, Brydon Carse, Jaydev Unadkat, Eshan Malinga, Zeeshan Ansari.
  
• Released Players: Adam Zampa, Rahul Chahar, Wiaan Mul
  der, Abhinav Manohar, Atharva Taide, Sachin Baby.
  
• Traded Out: Mohammed Shami (to LSG).
  
• Purse Remaining: Rs 25.50 crore.

Lucknow Super Giants (LSG)

• Retained Players: Abdul Samad, Ayush Badoni, Aiden Markram, Matthew Breetzke, Himmat Singh, Rishabh Pant (c), Nicholas Pooran, Mitchell Marsh, Shahbaz Ahmed, Arshin Kulkarni, Mayank Yadav, Avesh Khan, Mohsin Khan, Manimaran Siddharth, Digvesh Rathi, Prince Yadav, Akash Singh.
  
• Traded In: Mohammed Shami (from SRH).
  
• Released Players: Aryan Juyal, David Miller, Yuvraj Chaudhary, Rajvardhan Hangargekar, Akash Deep, Ravi Bishnoi, Shamar Joseph.
  
• Traded Out: Shardul Thakur (to MI).
  
• Purse Remaining: Rs 22.95 crore.

Delhi Capitals (DC)

• Retained Players: Axar Patel (c), KL Rahul, Abishek Porel, Tristan Stubbs, Karun Nair, Sameer Rizvi, Ashutosh Sharma, Vipraj Nigam, Madhav Tiwari, Tripurana Vijay, Ajay Mandal, Kuldeep Yadav, Mitchell Starc, T. Natarajan, Mukesh Kumar, Dushmantha Chameera.
  
• Traded In: Nitish Rana.
  
• Released Players: Faf du Plessis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Sediqullah Atal, Manvanth Kumar, Mohit Sharma, Darshan Nalkande.
  
• Traded Out: Donovan Ferreira (to RR).
  
• Purse Remaining: Rs 21.80 crore.